With more and more people getting online, many of them are searching for information on specific products that they are interested in purchasing.

Thus one of the best possible ways to turn a profit online is to find wholesale sources that will drop-ship thes products directly to your customers who come to your website for more informatation. Also you could set up ebay auctions to sell these products.

BUT....

Most of the wholesale sources ebooks, list of 10,000 drop shippers etc. that you see being offered online just don't cut it. Either they are full of links that lead to websites that are no longer active, lead you to wholesalers who carry junk products (dollar store items, as seen on TV stuff), or the price are too high for you to make any profits.

Actually most of the time the so called wholesale sources you find in these ebooks and lists are nothing more than "middle men". They are buying from the real wholesalers and then reselling the products to you at a marked up price so they will make a profit.

But what if you could cut out the middle men and find real wholesalers of brand name products at prices that will be profitable for you. Well you can do this but it won't happen by depending on those outdated ebooks and drop shippers list.

You need to find these sources your self. It could be as simple as finding a porduct manufaturer or supplier and simply asking them if they can drop ship the product directly to your customers. Some times you may have to negotiate a deal to get them to drop ship for you.

Either way you'll make more money because you can get the in demand brand name products you want at a good price.

So how do you find wholesale suppliers?

Just use the links below and you'll be able to find plenty of wholesale sources that will drop ship for you, some of them in your own back yard.

http://www.yellowpages.com - Don't over look this as your number one lead to wholesalers. Think about it for a second. Just about every brick and mortar business in the United States is listed in the yellow pages including wholesalers. Just use the "Search By Word" option and type in "Wholesale" along with selecting your state from the drop down box. You can also do a nation wide search.

http://www.surplus.net - This website lists lost of overstock and pallet lots of surplus and refurbished merchandise at very good prices. Theres lot products listed here and sometimes you can get 50%-80% of the wholesale price.

http://www.alibaba.com - This is one website where you will be able to find tons sources for product to sell. This site it HUGE chance are if you search for aproduct type or brand name here you'll more than likely find a supplier.

http://www.globalsources.com - The suppliers here are from all over the globe. The majority of the suppliers here are the actual manufacturer for the products they offer so you can get some really good prices.

http://www.ec21.com

This site is very similar to alibaba and the suppliers are located all over the globe.

http://www.exportbureau.com -Legitimate businesses are listed here and many of them are the manufactures of the products.

http://www.fashions.net-Clothing and fashion overstock, surplus and salvage.

http://www.computers.org -Computers, Laptops, printers and related product.

http://www.made-in-china.com-Suppliers and manufactures located in china.

Other website worth a look are.

http://www.scamreview.co.uk/dropshiping.html

http://www.toysdirect.com

http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Wholesale_Trade/

http://www.fleamarketguide.com/wholesal.htm

http://www.topwholesalesuppliers.com

http://www.wholesalehub.com

http://www.4wholesaleusa.com

http://www.wholesalecentral.com

http://www.andale.com - You can search for products here and it will tell you the average selling price for of particular type of item based on what is selling on ebay.

NOTES:

Always get a sample of the product you want to sell before you actually start selling it to your customers. You need to inspect the quality of the merchandise and make sure that your wholesale supplier is actually selling the item or brand name that they say they are.

This can be easily accomplished if your supplier sells individual items.

If you supplier only sells in bulk try to get them to send you a sample. If they won't do this they may not be a company that you want to deal with especially if they are located overseas.

And never pay for your items by wire transfer, if you supplier ask you to do this it is just best that you walk away because wire transfers are not traceable and if your supplier isn't trust worthy you will not be able to get your money back.

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